RPC III, 942

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 942
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΘΜΥ (449)
Dating AD 152/3
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥοιμητάλκου
Translation of King Rhoemetalces
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces, right; in front, club
Reverse inscription ΘΜΥ
Edition θμυʹ
Translation (year) 449
Reverse design laureate head of Antoninus, right
Metal gold
Average weight 7.72 g
Reference Anokhin 517
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Frolova Coinage, p. 148 and pl. XXI, 3; Frolova Monetnoe p. 280 and pl. LX, 3
2 2     ✸ P: 189